Re: topdir proposal

2007-09-17 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Sun, Sep 16, 2007 at 10:55:43AM +0200, Sven Panne wrote: > On Sunday 16 September 2007 04:42, Ian Lynagh wrote: > > At the interface to the outside world (i.e. the configure flags) they > > have the normal semantics. We then append "/ghc-$(ProjectVersion)" to > > the internal build system variab

RE: topdir proposal

2007-09-17 Thread Simon Peyton-Jones
| We definitely support a critical appraisal and overhaul of the | path-handling and installation machinery, PS: Sven, thank you *very much* for taking the time to think about the build system constructively, and to propose solutions. As Simon says, we know it's not a thing of beauty and we're

Re: topdir proposal

2007-09-17 Thread Simon Marlow
Sven Panne wrote: I don't want to make such changes before 6.8.1 is out, anyway. Let's get this release out of the door with all necessary hacks, and let's clean up the mess afterwards. Hi Sven, We definitely support a critical appraisal and overhaul of the path-handling and installation ma

Re: topdir proposal

2007-09-16 Thread Sven Panne
On Sunday 16 September 2007 04:42, Ian Lynagh wrote: > At the interface to the outside world (i.e. the configure flags) they > have the normal semantics. We then append "/ghc-$(ProjectVersion)" to > the internal build system variables. This seems reasonable to me - I > don't think it would be bette

Re: topdir proposal

2007-09-15 Thread Ian Lynagh
On Sat, Sep 15, 2007 at 07:48:43PM +0200, Sven Panne wrote: > > The first confusing things are that "datadir", "libdir" and "libexecdir" > don't > have the proposed GNU semantics. because they contain the package > name "ghc-XY". At the interface to the outside world (i.e. the configure flags)